The cigarette lighter receptacle is loose I'm my 1998 mercury grand marquis. It prevents me from making a good connection with the adapter for my cell or gps. Can this be tightened.

SOURCE: 1993 Mercury Tracer cigarette lighter

Your lighter should be on a twenty amp, assy fuse I believe. Have you checked to make sure you have no voltage at your lighter, if so it is the fuse. all assy on every car have fuses

Bobby Memory

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• Posted on Oct 18, 2009

SOURCE: Cigarette lighter doesn't work in my 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis

sounds like the lighter itself is bad because the fuse for the lighter is the same as the fuse for the connecter in which the inspection machine plugs in to.

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SOURCE: My cigarette lighter 1996 mercury grand marquis

Your thought that the end of something fell into the lighter fried something is likely true. I can't imagine that the wire could be fried and the fuse is still good. check to see if the fuse you checked was the right one. If it was and it is good, a wire on the back of the receptacle may have come lose. The end that fell into the receptacle, did it get hot or damaged? That could be a clue as to if the receptacle was shorted when the end fell into it or if not, then look for a lose connection.

SOURCE: cigarette lighter for 92 mercury grand marquis dose not work can not find fuse box

Theres a Black fuse box under the hood , on drivers side,that has fuses as well as the one inside under the dash. There will be a fuse diagram on the cover. It will more than likely be a 20 amp fuse. if no diagram you can purchase a fuse tester at your local parts store. some even cone with fuses. check the type of fuses it takes first and buy the assortment package they come with a tester. Believe it or no I use the fuses that actually light up when they blow. Makes it a hell of a lot easier to find which ones blown.